Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 NEW ULM, Minn. - After two weeks off and an extra day due to a postponement, the Bethany softball team was back on the diamond as they faced Martin Luther for a doubleheader. The Vikings were in both games late, but the Knights pulled away in both games to sweep the twin bill.

In the first game, BLC trailed 6-0 before tying the game with a six-run rally in the sixth. Amanna Berthusen delivered the first run-producing hit of the frame with a single to center scoring Nicole Starkson. After two unearned runs came across, Gena Chester hit a 2-RBI single to right that plated Adria Dahlke and Allison Songstad. Chester advanced to third on an Aimie Wiechmann single and later scored on the play following an error to knot the game.

Martin Luther countered Bethany's big inning by putting up five runs in their half of the frame and came away with an 11-6 win. Starkson and Allison Norton each had a pair of hits.

The second game was considered a non-conference game. Chester singled to lead off. Wiechmann and Becca Ludewig both reached to load the bases with no outs. After two force outs failed to score a run, Ludewig scored on a wild pitch.

After MLC scored twice in the bottom of the first, Bethany tied it in the second. Annie Donley hit a one-out single to center and two batters later came crossed the plate off the bat of Chester.

The Knights regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the second at 3-2 and it remained that way until the fifth when MLC scored six runs en route to a 10-4 win. Chester, Ludewig, and Donley all had two hits.

Bethany (1-15, 0-1 in UMAC) plays in the UMAC Crossover Friday in Vadnais Heights against Northwestern and North Central.